The growth of gravel cycling is unstoppable, and the UCI has decided to capitalize on this golden goose by expanding its Gravel World Series race circuit. Furthermore, these events will receive financial support from a new sponsor: tire manufacturer Panaracer, which will sponsor the UCI Gravel World Series through its GravelKing brand, the name of its range of tires for this discipline.
The 45 events are spread across 32 countries, nine of them in the Americas. The scope of the 2026 UCI Gravel World Series will provide a further boost from cycling’s governing body to this discipline, which, from the passing fad many predicted when it emerged, has become a fully established sport attracting thousands of fans.
Gravel enthusiasts have the opportunity to participate in official races around the world and aspire to secure one of the coveted spots to compete in the World Championships.
The UCI Gravel World Series has seen the removal of a couple of events from the recently concluded season’s calendar. The list now includes no fewer than 14 races, some as attractive as the Vuelta Altas Cumbres, an MTB race held in Argentina that will now have a gravel option; the OG Classique in Canada; and races in unusual locations such as the Baltic republic of Latvia.
The 2026 calendar has already begun, despite being in the final part of 2025, with four races already completed that have awarded the first qualifying spots for the next World Championship, which will take place in Nannup, in Western Australia. In mid-May, Nannup will host one of the UCI Gravel World Series races, serving as a warm-up for the World Championship race on the weekend of October 10-11, 2026.
The Americas will once again take center stage in the UCI Gravel World Series, hosting nine of the events. The first race will be held in Brazil in March. Later that month, there will be action in Argentina. Then, in April, the series moves to the United States, and in May to Bogotá, Colombia. Canada will host one of the races in June, and in August, Colombia will return to Medellín. Mexico, Chile, and the United States will host three more races between August and September.
The Complete Gravel World Series Calendar
October 19, 2025 – Flanders Legacy Gravel (Belgium)
October 26, 2025 – Gravelista (Australia)
November 1, 2025 – Dustman (Thailand)
November 9, 2025 – Alentejo Gravel (Portugal)
February 14, 2026 – The Ceder (South Africa)
February 22, 2026 – Castellón Gravel Race (Spain)
March 8, 2026 – Gravel Brazil (Brazil)
March 22, 2026 – Turnhout Gravel (Belgium)
March 28, 2026 – 114 Gravel Race (Portugal/Spain)
March 29, 2026 – Vuelta Altas Cumbres Gravel (Argentina)
April 12, 2026 – Wöthersee Gravel Race (Austria)
April 19, 2026 – Monaco Gravel Race (Monaco)
April 25, 2026 – Gravel One Fifty (Netherlands)
April 25, 2026 – Highlands Gravel Classic (United States)
May 1, 2026 – Giro Sardegna Gravel (Italy)
May 10, 2026 – Marly Gravel Race (Netherlands)
May 16, 2026 – Seven (Australia)
May 16, 2026 – The Gralloch (Great Britain)
May 24, 2026 – Gravel Bogotá (Colombia)
June 6, 2026 – Gravel Adventure (Poland)
June 13, 2026 – Safari Gravel Race (Kenya)
June 14 June 2026 – Wish One Millau Grands Causses (France)
June 20, 2026 – The Devils Cardigan (Australia)
June 20, 2026 – Grand Tour 3 Cime di Lavaredo (Italy)
June 21, 2026 – Eislek Gravel Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
June 21, 2026 – OG Classique (Canada)
July 5, 2026 – Hegau Gravel Festival (Germany)
July 12, 2026 – The Majestics (Switzerland)
July 25, 2026 – Around the Pot (South Africa)
August 1, 2026 – Gravel Tour Hlinsko (Czech Republic)
August 8, 2026 – Gravel Weekend (Latvia)
August 9, 2026 – Gravel Medellín (Colombia)
August 15, 2026 – Gravel Grit’n Grind (Sweden)
August 22, 2026 – Khomas 100 (Namibia)
August 30, 2026 – European Gravel Championships 2026 (Belgium)
August 30, 2026 – Gravel Arteaga Mexico (Mexico)
September 5, 2026 – The Wolf (Denmark)
September 5-6, 2026 – Graean Cymru (Great Britain)
September 6, 2026 – Gravel Chile (Chile)
September 12, 2026 – Falling Leaves (Finland)
September 19, 2026 – Sea Otter Europe Girona (Spain)
September 19, 2026 – Tartu Rattamaraton (Estonia)
September 19 2026 – Mammoth TUFF (United States)
September 26, 2026 – Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour (France)
October 10-11, 2026 – 2026 Gravel World Championships (Australia)
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